Pros
Everyone is pretty friendly and its great that everyone is so like-minded. I made some good friends my time at IHS. Working with liberty-minded professors and graduate students was very fulfilling.
Cons
OVER WORKED and UNDER APPRECIATED is the biggest con of mine. There was a period of two-three weeks where I had to take on more work than usual due to a team member leaving. During that time I would start work at 5 or 6 AM and didn't end my day until 10-11 PM. When I finally finished the work I took on I asked my supervisor if I could take a day off during the week (to catch up on sleep) she denied my request. Employees at IHS are way too over worked and it was not just me. It makes employees (especially lower level employees) hate their work (even though close to everyone at IHS is passionate about liberty). It doesn't help that IHS has a huge turnover rate (around 25% or more). Employees either leave due to being over worked and underpaid or are fired due to getting on the wrong side of someone who is in management. There are certain people in management who are insulated from getting fried or criticized even if they forget to complete important responsibilities for a program. For a organization who pride themselves on adhering to libertarian values, they are not very libertarian in practice. Market based management goes out the window. Another con I have is the number of supervisors I had when I worked at IHS. If I was currently working there I would be on m 5th supervisor. Not too stable of a work environment.